[IMG]http://forums.theeca.com/ http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/uk_fla.jpg[/IMG]UK game industry group [URL=http://www.tiga.org/]TIGA[/URL] believes that a soon-to-be-enacted tax break in Florida for game developers raises the impetus for a similar measure in the United Kingdom.

The group stated that [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/05/03/florida-tax-breaks-just-governor%E2%80%99s-signature-away]the Florida legislation[/URL] “confirmed the imperative” for competing legislation across the pond, with TIGA chief Richard Wilson stating, “The UK games industry wants to compete on a level playing field with games businesses elsewhere in the world.”

Wilson added, “Until we have TIGA’s Games Tax Relief implemented in the UK our video games industry will be at a serious competitive disadvantage.”

Florida’s plan would boost tax incentives to 20.0 percent of a qualifying production’s total budget.

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